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Tuesday, May 01, 2007

MAD CONS

ON THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
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by HL


2003
Piss poor planning
pu_ped up a president
pretending to be a p_lot.

2004
POTUS proposes
prepo_terou_ palliative,
“Pra_se petroleum p_wer!”

2005
Premature publicity presents
ple_ty of problems, so he
pl_yed preventative politi_s.

2006
Pre-Iraqi in____etence
Penned his preconceptions into
painfu_ choices:

2007
Pern_ciou_ propitiation,
pull the plug on Pretaus, or t_e
P_lozi’s provocation, _uh.


HL is a computer-nerd bicyclist who cranks out poetry as he rides along prairie grass and gravel roads. He says, "War is not the Answer / Ride a Bicycle," and more at cornfedtrouble.